Old MacDonald
Performed by Bale Harrison & The Field Hands
Old MacDonald:Music and Lyrics by Alan Nafzger
Verse 1
Some people been keeping up with the Jones,
Got shiny new cars and sparkling homes.
But I’ve been out here, workin’ the land,
Keeping up with Old MacDonald, doing all I can.
He had a farm, E-I-E-I-Don’t know…,
But now it’s gone, and I’m like, “Where’d it go?”
Chorus
He had a farm till the bank took it away,
Now the fields are empty, the barns full of hay.
No more moo-moo here, or a cluck-cluck there,
Just foreclosure signs blowing in the air.
Yeah, I’m keeping up with Old MacDonald,
But now he’s living in a tent.
Verse 2
The neighbors all got their fancy pools,
I’m out back with rusty old tools.
Old MacDonald’s makin’ burritos now,
Since his cows all left, and he sold the plow.
With an E-I-E-I-Oh no…
Man, what a way for a farm to go!
Chorus
He had a farm till the bank took it away,
Now the pigs and chickens don’t have a place to stay.
No more oink-oink here, or a baa-baa there,
Just MacDonald’s tears falling everywhere.
Yeah, I’m keeping up with Old MacDonald,
While the corn’s turned into Coke-a-Cola.
Bridge
Now I ain’t got no tractor to ride,
Just a stack of bills, and nowhere to hide.
MacDonald’s streaming on his Obama phone,
As I shovel dirt, I feel so alone.
With an E-I-E-I-Oh no…
Chorus
He had a farm till the bank took it away,
Now there’s a Walmart where the cows grazed.
No more quack-quack here, or a neigh-neigh there,
Just corporate greed floating in the air.
Yeah, I’m keeping up with Old MacDonald,
Now, he’s selling tamales on a freeway off-ramp.
Outro
So here’s to the farms, and here’s to the land,
Where dreams are plowed under like old Mac’s hands.
E-I-E-I-Oh no…
Where did it go?
E-I-E-I-Oh no…,
Where did it go?
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(SPOKEN sarcastically)
“Now the only thing I’m growing is debt… E-I-E-I-O.w.e.”
I Owe the Bank too…